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Columbia Voice

Work by the multimedia reporting and production class at the University of South Carolina.

Tag: Hyatt Park

Through wrestling, Hyatt Park program grapples with enriching boys’ lives, involving more fathers.

Boys wrestling at Mats 2 Men.

When the boys in a Hyatt Park gym start talking about chicken wings, it isn’t time to chow down but to practice their takedowns. Mats 2 Men, a wrestling program, is trying to enrich their lives and teach character while also getting their fathers more involved.

March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 Reporter

Passionate volunteers provide help at North Main disaster relief center

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The volunteers at the NAACP-American Red Cross disaster relief center on North Main all share a passion for helping those still in need after the historic flooding of early October.

December 9, 2015March 23, 2016 Reporter

Hyatt Park’s Mary Thurman shaping community center into local hub

Mary Thurman

In two years, Mary Thurman has brought dozens of programs to Hyatt Park’s Leroy Moss Community Center, and she says she’s not done. As she puts it, “I’m here for the betterment of the people.”

November 23, 2015December 2, 2015 Reporter

Facade program improves North Main storefronts, community morale

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The almost $650,000 that Columbia has spent to update the facades of over 24 businesses in the North Main area during the past three years has meant more business for owners like Mark Sills of Angelo’s Zesto and a more livable neighborhood.

November 11, 2015November 18, 2015 Reporter

Neighborhood residents want more for Hyatt Park

Lyman Munson at Hyatt Park.

Columbia’s Hyatt Park could be so much more than what it is today, residents of the surrounding neighborhood say. They want renovations at the 11.5-acre park in North Columbia, and they’re upset at what they say have been the city’s broken promises.

May 12, 2014June 4, 2014 Reporter

Double amputee shares faith, encouragement through karate

Ulysses Cornelius instructs karate

Taekwondo black belt Ulysses Cornelius’ chances of recovery were slim after a two-year battle with infection left him without both legs. But the faith-driven 59-year-old defied the odds by returning to his karate class, where he teaches out of his wheelchair and ministers to local youths.

April 14, 2014April 24, 2014 Reporter

Hyatt Park’s Geter marvels at park’s turnaround

Hyatt Park is still a work in progress, but Robert Geter says it’s in a much better state now than it was when he arrived as recreation leader in August 2011. After working with police to weed out negative influences, Geter happily looks back at the turnaround in the North Columbia park.

March 31, 2014March 24, 2016 Reporter

Hyatt Park-Keenan Terrace residents clash with groceries over beer, wine permits

Ellen Triplett

It’s time to stop more beer and wine permits from coming into the Hyatt Park-Keenan Terrace neighborhood, say residents who have spent more than a decade fighting off unwanted development. Their latest targets are a pair of small grocery stores. Former neighborhood president Ellen Triplett is leading the charge.

March 7, 2014April 17, 2014 Reporter

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